Where does “remit” come from?
Remit comes from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere, from Latin remitto, from Proto-Italic wremeitō.
remit (English): To transmit or send ; to supply; To forgive,...
Definitions
- To transmit or send ; to supply; To forgive,...
Ancestry of “remit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | remitten | — |
| 2 | Latin | remitto | to send back, to remit, to throw back; to relax,... |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “remit”